Eddie C
100+ Head-Fier
According to the (leaked) photos it is like a gold re400 but it would suck if it has the quality of re400 for the price they are asking.
what does re600 look like? is there any picture yet?
That's very true because I've found some to be large while others say it more average. ClieOS in his review said "its above average but not excessively wide" and I usually agree with most of his impressions but you never know.
Now that I also bought a pair of the HE-400 planar headphones I just want to see how the RE-400 compares as far as sound signature but not the presentation as the HE-400 should win hands down.
To me, RE-400 soundstage is pretty eartips dependent. The big bi-flanges is the one that is better for soundstage. However, the reason why I said it is 'above average' is because, although the overall size of the 3D space is not big, the layering is still fairly clean. Instead of mashing all the detail to a blurry mesh or have everything flatten out, I can still hear a decent detail of separation, image, and position. That's why I described it as 'third role of a small theatre' - where you are not that far away from the action, but still far enough to identify the whole picture.
I hope there will be orthodynamic IEMs someday.I would be all over those.
I'm really looking forward to hearing them as they might be the best $100 and under IEM you can get. Your 7.5 rating and 5/5 sonic diamond is high praise though I don't expect them to sound as good as my e-Q5 because I think the e-Q5 sounds every bit as good as the SM3 V2 and is why I sold them which helped me get the RE and HE 400.
Joker's review is probably coming any day soon. I guess 8+ (high 8 something) and would not be very surprised if it received a 9 (low 9).